The support company in government and the people to "Medical treatment tourism" enlargement.

The support company in government and the people to "Medical treatment tourism" enlargement. 

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry decided the policy of establishing the new company where the patient acceptance for the enlargement of "Medical treatment tourism" in which a domestic medical institution provided an advanced medical service for the foreigner patient was supported by the government and the people capital contribution in 2011. 

The full-scale business is started at as many as 12 fiscal years. Foreigner patient's acceptance enlargement is a measure included in the Shinsei head strategy that the government announced on the 18th to activate domestic medical industry. 

The new company does the Pulmonary regurgitation in cooperation with medical institutions such as China, Russia, and the Middle East, and bears the bridge person with a domestic hospital. The direction where capital contributions such as medical institutions and travel agencies are raised from the private organization besides the capital contribution by the government agency is discussed. 

The multipara ministry sums up the budget of about 100 million yen as preparation expense for the incorporation at current year. A special interpreter etc. are recruited in July, and the investigation of a domestic hospital that requests foreigner patient's acceptance is started. 

Ardent Singapore and Thailand to the medical treatment tourism accept several hundred thousand -one million patients a year from the Middle East etc. , and are contributing to the earnings enlargement of the travel and the hotel industry segments. The multipara ministry set up "Medical industry society" by specialists last autumn, and has been discussing the concrete measure for the enlargement of the medical treatment tourism in Japan.